Design Jones

Nice gallery of various inspiring festival posters at bluefaqs.com HERE.

(Via SmashingMag on Twitter)

I know, I know! I seem to be posting an awful lot of these design studio interior sites but I just can’t seem to get enough of seeing other agencies creative spaces. Here’s another one to add the the list, Where We Design, you can check it out HERE.

A cracking new visual identity created by Landor, Sydney. Feels really distinctive and really well executed on various applications. You can read more over at Logo Design Love HERE.

Really like this signed screen print created exclusively for the Royal We by Oliver Jeffers. I don’t think I’d need all of the 202 pins that come with it but it’s good to have a goal I guess! You can order yours HERE.

(Via Hannah Reid, thanks!)

“TypoFlat is a personal & experimental project of designer Branislav S. Cirkovic. A set of EPS fonts and vector files free to download and create with. It’s a really nice set of resources and you’re free to build on them and share the results. You can take a closer look HERE.

This series of photographs by Cédric Delsaux really brought a smile to my face. Mostly shot in grungy industrial landscapes around France – some shots are really subtle other are just plain cool! Check them out HERE.

Love this short film shot using a Nikon D9o DSLR. I think it works really well – in fact I’m going to have to go and make myself a latté now. Thanks to my equally coffee mad brother, Jonathan, for the link!

A Short Film About Coffee : Kaffeine from Kess Bohan on Vimeo.

For those of you who love the detail of brands, their guidelines and the work that goes into delivering a consistent visual language, this article HERE from Creative Review is a must read. They give an overview of the “new ‘global visual language’ for the BBC’s online activities by Research Studios is set to be rolled out over the next few months… The project, won by the studio in August last year, apparently stems from an intention to unify cross-platform concepts – over both bbc.co.uk and bbc.com – and consolidate all design elements, such as typography, colour palette and iconography, into a style guide for the organisation.”

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Just ordered a copy of this to refer to at this year’s student workshops. A seriously valuable resource for students, recent graduates and even young design companies, in terms of what potential emploeyrs are looking for and how to best present your work and break in to a tough industry.

“Through more than forty case studies, nearly twenty interviews with experienced professionals, and a series of (nonscientific) surveys, Flaunt is a resource for design students as well as young, experienced, freelance, and independent designers. It explains how one can find a way to cohesively, succinctly and creatively showcase their work through an accessible, effective, and creative portfolio. Flaunt showcases a variety of alternatives through a selection of portfolios that represent both the most common approaches as well as some offbeat executions. Hopefully, this book will help ease the anxiety and burden of creating a portfolio—and, perhaps, even help demystify the process of putting it together, along with the expectations of presenting it.”

Find out more HERE, you can order the book or download it in full as a PDF for just $15!